Winter Meeting: Friday 20 November 2026

The next meeting of the Viking Society will be in the Gustave Tuck Lecture Theatre, University College London (Main Building, South Wing) at 5.30pm.

Professor Richard North (UCL) will speak on

‘Hafa með sér trǫllkonusǫguna’: Beowulf and the Authors of Grettis saga.

Members may bring guests.

This is followed by the Annual Dinner (details have been emailed to members).

Summer Meeting: 20 June 2026

The Society will meet on 20 June online at 4pm.

Professor Clare Downham, our president, will be speaking on “Ívarr ‘the Boneless’ king of the Northmen of Britain and Ireland?”

The link will be sent to members.

Spring Meeting: 6 March 2026

A general meeting of the society will be held in the Gustave Tuck Lecture Theatre in UCL’s Main Building on Friday, 6 March at 5.30 p.m.

Professor Alexandra Sanmark (University of the Highlands and Islands) will speak on ‘Power Centres and Communication Routes in the Viking Age: A Case Study from Central Sweden’.